Salvation Army needs bottled water donations for Andover tornado victims, volunteers
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Tornado cuts through Sedgwick County and Andover, Kansas
An EF-3 tornado touched down in south-central Kansas on April 29, 2022, leaving damage in its wake, but few injuries. Residents in the Wichita area, Andover and Sedgwick and Butler counties are picking up the pieces.
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The Salvation Army says it needs more bottled water to pass out in Andover-area neighborhoods damaged by the April 29 EF-3 tornado as clean-up efforts continue amid sweltering heat forecasted for the region this week.
Current water stockpiles are running low, the nonprofit organization said in a Tuesday news release calling for donations.
“To ensure storm victims who do not have a home to go (to) receive enough water to drink, the community can help all this week,” the release says.
Packages of fresh, bottled water can be dropped off from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the Salvation Army’s South Central Area Command Office, 350 N. Market, in downtown Wichita. The organization is also accepting monetary donations online www.salarmymokan.org.
“We know one of the greatest needs in the immediate aftermath of any storm is keeping people nourished with both food and water,” Maj. Merrill Power, the Salvation Army’s south-central area commander, said in a prepared statement.
The organization’s Emergency Disaster Services mobile kitchen has been visiting areas impacted by the tornado since April 30.
On Sunday, its volunteers handed out more than 800 bottles of water “to keep people going,” Power’s statement said.
Staying hydrated will be top of mind as unseasonably warm weather continues throughout the Wichita area. Forecasters are predicting daytime highs in the 90s for much of the week, creating blistering conditions for those still sifting through storm debris along the tornado’s 12.75-mile damage path.
For more information about donating, call the Salvation Army at 316-263-2769.
This story was originally published May 10, 2022 at 11:57 AM.
